Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-03
OUR sTEUBENYILLE LETTER.
The Base Ball Club-Csuss of Its Failure
ItemS of Snecial Iuterest.

The Base Ball Club-Causs OF Its Failure.
Items of Special Interest.
Special Correspondence otAe Sunday Register.
STEUBENvILLE, July 1.-The endeavor
of a few parties to place the cause for the
dissolution of the ball club on the Shout
ders of the public in general, because of a
lack of encouragement in the way of pat
ronage, is a scheme TO shift responsibility,
too thin to wash. From the beginning the
weakest point in the whole organization
was the management. If the club had
been under the direction of a man who
had some financial ability, combined with
a knowledge of the base ball business, its
other weak features could have been
remedied, but instead, the almost absolute
control wa placed in the hands of a man
unfit for the task. The Board of Direc-
tors are the responsible parties, for
electing and allowing him to remain
in the position. Several weeks ago they
met, accepted his resignation and engaged
a practical man to assume control of the
club. They afterwards allowed themselves
to be hoodwinked and receded from their
position, and allowed the management to
remain as it was. If they had carried out
their expressed determination Steubenville
might have been saved the ignominy of
having an institution that should have
been made a success, prove a total failure
and collapse. Our people, from the start,
showed a disposition to ~patronize the game
more literally than any other city in the
League, but it began to get monotonous to
go up to the ball ground with the full ex-
p~ectation of seeing the home nine disas-
trously defeated, so that it was no wonder
that the attendance continued TO grow
less at each game. For seventeen straight
games the home nine was defeated, and up
to the time it disbanded had won nine out
ola total of forty-four games played. That
there was good material in the club was
an acknowledged fact, but it takes more
than muscle to make any business a sue
cess. 1t is evident to all where the re-
s%poDsibility lies, and every attempt to
shift it will meet with complete
failure.
The fashionable event of the week was
the marriage of Mr.. W. B. Dodge, OF the
Panhandle Railroad Company, and Miss
Hannah Spaulding, daughter of David
Spaulding. The ceremony took place at
the residence of the BRIDES father, on
North Fourth street, Rev. II. NJ. Tenny,
former pastOrof the Congregational church,
now of Cleveland, officiating. The floral
decorations, the arrangement by Miss
Wells, were very beautiful. Messrs. Falk
& O'Neal were the caterers, aud the hand
some table with its weight of dainty edi-
bles spoke volumes in favor Of their taste
and skill. The following persons from
abroad were present at the and
reception: Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge, parents
OF the groom, of Beverly, Mass. the Misses
Dodge, Hamilton. Mass. Miss Wills, Cal
%ifornia; Mrs. brennan, sister of the bride,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs. ". II.
Mcdonald, of the Boston Ideals; Miss
Sherrard, Washington, Pa; Miss Jen-
nings, Portsmouth; G. w. Kittridge, Lou
i~sSille, Ky, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Gal
lagher, Cincinnati. At the termination of
their bridal tour Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge will
teke up their residence in Columbus,
where the groom's business headquarters
is located.
There will be plenty of amusements in
and around Steubenville on the Fourth.
The mammoth picnic at Browns Island,
given under the auspices Of the G. A. L.,
will afford a pleasant place for many, and
the Turner picnic at GOuld's Station will
be headquarters for all manner of enjoy
ment. Besides many small picnics will be
held in the many beautiful groves in the
vicinity of this city.
Judge Martin arrived home from a trip
through Kansas and other Western States
on Thursday. He reports to the many
friends of f. s. Andrews, Esq, who is To-
Gated at Arkansas City Kas., that that
gentleman is prospecting even beyond his
most sanguine expectations.
Miss Mile Saulters, OF Wheeling, is the
guest of Steubenyille friends.
Prof. Ii. n. Merit is attending the ses-
sion of the State Teachers Organization at
Akron.
Mrs. T. W. Vance and children are rus
ticating neal BurgettstOwn.
Miss May NcNabb, of Wellsburg, is Wis
iting friends in this city.
The water heing too low in the river for
boats to run, the G.. A. K. have chartered
q train on the c. & p. railroad, which will
run every hour between this city and
Browns Station to transport passengers to
the Browns Island picnic on the Fourth
of July. From the station they will cross
to the Island on q pontoOn bridge.